This is a great animal adventure story with beautiful illustrations - a perfect story for animal action lovers!
The hippopotamus family is in danger. An alligator has arrived - with a plan! The father, Herbert Hippopotamus, is the leader of the Animellis council. Everybody likes him. Everybody except the alligator. However, Alli, the alligator, is all alone. She needs to find allies.

A young man visiting from California goes fishing with his cousin on an isolated bayou deep in the backwoods of Northeastern Louisiana. He learns that practical jokes are only funny when you survive them. (A short story, 9500 words, ~ 30 pages printed)

New Orleans - 1846 - Jedidiah Lucas was born under a cloud of misfortune. Destiny leads him to Black Water Township. This quiet, peaceful town, nestled by the woods of Black Water Swamp, has a problem. Their Sin-Eater has died, and they desperately need another to take his place....
When things go terribly wrong in Black Water the blame is placed on Hattie - The Sin-Eater’s Daughter.

An alligator is an animal that looks a lot like a huge lizard. Alligators have thick, hard skin across the entire top of their body. This skin is greenish brown in color. It is covered with bony plates called scutes. These scutes help protect the alligator just like a turtle's shell protects the turtle. The skin on an alligator's belly is much softer and thinner. Find out more about the alligator!

Spunky Eve Appel moves from Connecticut to rural Florida intent on starting a new life as the owner of a consignment store. But Eve’s life, and her business with it, is turned upside down when a wealthy customer is found stabbed to death in a fitting room. As accusations fly and business slows, Eve takes matters into her own hands. A Secondhand Murder is Book 1 of the Eve Appel Mysteries Series.